Memorial grows outside theater

LAFAYETTE - Slowly, things are starting to settle into normalcy almost four days after John Russell Houser opened fire in a movie theater here.

Monday afternoon, the police command center drove away. The large, RV-type vehicle had been parked in the usually crowded parking lot of The Grand movie theater since Houser killed two women and injured nine others inside an auditorium of the theater.

Lafayette Police mobile command center just left theater it has been parked at since Thursday night..#lafayetteshooting@WBRZ

Outside the theater Monday, a makeshift memorial grew under the sign for the movie theater.

Houser killed himself when he realized police had surrounded his position at the theater Thursday night. This week, police continue to investigate his bizarre past and possibly figure out why Houser selected the Lafayette theater as his target.

Click HERE to read about how to make donations in honor of the theater victims.